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Campanulotes elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Phthiraptera or Goniodidae (disputed)
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Genus:
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Campanulotes elegans
(Tendeiro, 1978)[1]
Synonyms

C. flavus elegans (Tendeiro, 1978)[2]

Campanulotes elegans is a species of lice in the disputed, probably paraphyletic, family Philopteridae, the chewing lice, or in the family Goniodidae.

It is a parasite on Phaps elegans, the brush bronzewing, a species of bird in the pigeon family endemic to Australia.

References

  1. ^ Estudos sobre os Goniodideos (Mallophaga, Ischnocera) dos Columbiformes. XVII - Novas observações sobre os generos Campanulotes Kéler, Saussurites Tendeiro e Stephanius Tendeiro. J Tendeiro, Garcia de Orta, Série Zoologia, 1978, Volume 7, pages 115-127 (URL)
  2. ^ Pigeon lice down under: Taxonomy of Australian Campanulotes (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae), with a description of C. durdeni N. Sp. Roger D. Price, Dale H. Clayton, and Richard J. Adams, Journal of Parasitology: October 2000, Vol. 86, No. 5, pages 948-950 doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0948:PLDUTO2.0.CO;2]
  • "Campanulotes elegans". The Encyclopedia of Life.